Lawmaker won’t press charges in after being spat on by Capitol Hill protestor
By APSaturday, March 20, 2010
Lawmaker won’t press charges in spitting incident
WASHINGTON — A congressman who was spat on by a protestor on Capitol Hill is declining to press charges.
Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver was making his way through a group of angry protestors when the incident occurred. It was one of several ugly incidents in a day of protests against President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul measure, which faces a House vote on Sunday.
Cleaver, who is black, was also one of several lawmakers who faced racial epithets as they walked to the Capitol to vote.
A spokesman for Cleaver says the man who spit on the lawmaker was arrested by Capitol Police and said Cleaver won’t press charges.
(This version CORRECTS to Cleaver in paragraphs 3, 4.)
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